• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Sikorsky Aircraft SOLD

KevinKohler

KevinKohler

DP Veteran
Joined
Oct 4, 2011
Messages
27,204
Reaction score
13,299
Location
CT
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
For a cool 9 billion.


Lockheed Martin buys Sikorsky for $9 billion


I bet there are a LOT of nervous people in there right about now. They're going to be keeping the CT headquarters, in Stratford, but...are they gonna union bust? Are they gonna cut yet more jobs? Sikorsky has long been a family owned, family run business. I think things are about to change, and I feel kinda bad for all the people who's livelyhood relies on that change NOT happening.
 
KevinKohler said:
For a cool 9 billion.


Lockheed Martin buys Sikorsky for $9 billion


I bet there are a LOT of nervous people in there right about now. They're going to be keeping the CT headquarters, in Stratford, but...are they gonna union bust? Are they gonna cut yet more jobs? Sikorsky has long been a family owned, family run business. I think things are about to change, and I feel kinda bad for all the people who's livelyhood relies on that change NOT happening.
Click to expand...

Sikorsky's business model is a lot different than Lockheed's. I can see a lot of unhappy Sikorsky employees right about now. I can also see the quality of the product from Sikorsky going downhill.
 
NonoBadDog said:
Sikorsky's business model is a lot different than Lockheed's. I can see a lot of unhappy Sikorsky employees right about now. I can also see the quality of the product from Sikorsky going downhill.
Click to expand...

I have a lot on the line with this. The Stratford location employs over 10,000 people, most all of which are union, making over 65K per year. In short, it's a very significant part of my economy.
 
KevinKohler said:
I have a lot on the line with this. The Stratford location employs over 10,000 people, most all of which are union, making over 65K per year. In short, it's a very significant part of my economy.
Click to expand...

I know about 7 years ago Lockheed did contracts by the job. Have you heard anything in the pipe about this happening? I have sent some messages out to some friends that work for DLA to see if they have heard anything but that was just this morning so I probably don't have any messages yet. They probably won't hear anything until Monday. Most of them work at Waterton Canyon.

Good luck. I hope they just leave the infrastructure alone and don't reorganize.
 
KevinKohler said:
For a cool 9 billion.


Lockheed Martin buys Sikorsky for $9 billion


I bet there are a LOT of nervous people in there right about now. They're going to be keeping the CT headquarters, in Stratford, but...are they gonna union bust? Are they gonna cut yet more jobs? Sikorsky has long been a family owned, family run business. I think things are about to change, and I feel kinda bad for all the people who's livelyhood relies on that change NOT happening.
Click to expand...

Sikorsky has been owned by UT corp for a long time no by a family
 
NonoBadDog said:
I know about 7 years ago Lockheed did contracts by the job. Have you heard anything in the pipe about this happening? I have sent some messages out to some friends that work for DLA to see if they have heard anything but that was just this morning so I probably don't have any messages yet. They probably won't hear anything until Monday. Most of them work at Waterton Canyon.

Good luck. I hope they just leave the infrastructure alone and don't reorganize.
Click to expand...

Well, I talked to a guy that works there last night and he said pretty much nothing is changing, except they are now going to have the massive Lockhead lobbying system working FOR them, instead of against them, now. He seemed very optimistic.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Sikorsky has been owned by UT corp for a long time no by a family
Click to expand...

It's been a subsidiary of UT since the late 20s, however, Sikorsky itself has been firmly family owned and operated. No longer, the management team will now all be Lockheed guys.
 
KevinKohler said:
It's been a subsidiary of UT since the late 20s, however, Sikorsky itself has been firmly family owned and operated. No longer, the management team will now all be Lockheed guys.
Click to expand...

How can it be a sub of UT and be family owned?

Being a sub of UT means it is owned (was) by UT
 
KevinKohler said:
Well, I talked to a guy that works there last night and he said pretty much nothing is changing, except they are now going to have the massive Lockhead lobbying system working FOR them, instead of against them, now. He seemed very optimistic.
Click to expand...

Good deal, that must help you breath better.
 
Another buy out reducing competition. Seems to be the trend these days.
 
KevinKohler said:
For a cool 9 billion.


Lockheed Martin buys Sikorsky for $9 billion


I bet there are a LOT of nervous people in there right about now. They're going to be keeping the CT headquarters, in Stratford, but...are they gonna union bust? Are they gonna cut yet more jobs? Sikorsky has long been a family owned, family run business. I think things are about to change, and I feel kinda bad for all the people who's livelyhood relies on that change NOT happening.
Click to expand...

It is tough to be a manufacturer in CT. It is getting expensive.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom